CVE-2022-25303

Description

The package whoogle-search before 0.7.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the query string parameter q. In the case where it does not contain the http string, it is used to build the error_message that is then rendered in the error.html template, using the [flask.render_template](https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.1.x/api/flask.render_template) function. However, the error_message is rendered using the [| safe filter](https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/templates/working-with-automatic-escaping), meaning the user input is not escaped.

How to fix CVE-2022-25303

To remediate CVE-2022-25303, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 0.7.2 or later
• —upgrade to abc30d7da3b5c67be7ce84d4699f327442d44606 or later

Is CVE-2022-25303 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 0.7.2
• from 0, < abc30d7da3b5c67be7ce84d4699f327442d44606 | from 0, < 0.7.2

CVSS scores

References (7)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-mxvc-fwgx-j778
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25303
• PATCHgithub.com/benbusby/whoogle-search
• WEBgithub.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/blob/6d362ca5c7a00d2f691a2512461c5dfbfc01cbb3/app/routes.py%23L448